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Eugene

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18. Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known
Tue Jun 21, 2022, 07:36 AM
Jun 2022

Source: Associated Press

Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known

June 21, 2022

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Multiple police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield stood and waited in a school hallway for nearly an hour while a gunman carried out a massacre of 19 elementary students and two teachers, according to a Monday news report that marks the latest embarrassing revelation about the failure of law enforcement to thwart the attack.

The officers with heavier firepower and tactical equipment were there within 19 minutes of the gunman arriving on campus — earlier than previously known, according to documents reviewed by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV.

The outlets’ report, which did not indicate the source of the documents, nevertheless intensifies the anguish and questions over why police didn’t act sooner to stop the May 24 slaughter in the Robb Elementary School classroom.

The information is to be presented to a public Texas Senate hearing in Austin on Tuesday. Investigators say the latest information indicates officers had more than enough firepower and protection to take down the gunman long before they finally did, the outlets reported.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/politics-texas-law-enforcement-agencies-shootings-police-601af4d0115ffd6d7b95ff9d1d82f37a

I didn't think possible, but their story keeps getting worse and worse Torchlight Jun 2022 #1
Candid Photo of Uvalde Police Officer: Lil Liberal Laura Jun 2022 #2
No courage, no brains, no heart... ret5hd Jun 2022 #7
Fitting for Cowardly Liars! calimary Jun 2022 #10
All local police should be given a case of rifles for their trunk so pwb Jun 2022 #3
They should have called in all the kids' moms instead of the cops. thesquanderer Jun 2022 #4
And most moms I know would risk their lives to rescue their kid from likely mortal danger. calimary Jun 2022 #11
+ 1 Truth appalachiablue Jun 2022 #20
When blue lives matter more than all lives IronLionZion Jun 2022 #5
That department needs to be dissolved PJMcK Jun 2022 #6
Infuriating.... LudwigPastorius Jun 2022 #8
So what the hell good would a school with one door do? Initech Jun 2022 #9
Then moving forward purr-rat beauty Jun 2022 #12
+1 ck4829 Aug 2022 #24
Didn't even try the door. Lasher Jun 2022 #13
I'm waiting for someone to play the race card. Legitimately. Aussie105 Jun 2022 #14
I think I read that a cop did have a child in another classroom -- pnwmom Jun 2022 #15
One cop had a kid who died. One cop lost his wife. LeftInTX Jun 2022 #16
I stand corrected. Aussie105 Jun 2022 #17
The cop's wife called her husband begging for help LeftInTX Jun 2022 #19
Other cops disarmed him and dragged him away. Lasher Jun 2022 #22
Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known Eugene Jun 2022 #18
The door to the classroom containing the gunman could not be locked from inside. Lasher Jun 2022 #21
Kick ck4829 Jun 2022 #23
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